The iPhone 16 series is likely to arrive and all eyes are on Apple’s next big launch event, which is scheduled to take place on September 10. Leaks have already given us an idea of ​​what to expect from the upcoming iPhones in terms of specs and design, but here we will only talk about the action button which is rumoured to finally make its way to the standard model. Here are the details.

Last year, Apple introduced the Action Button with the iPhone 15 Pro model. The standard version, iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus did not have this feature. This year, Apple is widely rumoured to introduce the Action Button with all four models. This includes the iPhone 16, Plus, Pro and Pro Max.

The iPhone 16 series is expected to come with the same set of action button functions that we saw on the previous iPhone 15 models and some new features will also be added with the release of iOS 18. Here is a list of things that the action button can do.

iPhone 16 likely to get action buttons: List of functions

,silent mode: Turn silent mode on or off.
,Center: Turn a specific focus on or off.
,Camera: Open the Camera app to quickly take a photo, selfie, video, portrait, or portrait selfie.
,Flashlight: Turn the flashlight on or off.
,rythm: Open the Magnifier app
,Voice Memos: Start or stop recording a voice memo.
,TranslationStart translating speech from one language to another.
,Accessibility: Quickly access your favorite accessibility feature.
,Shortcuts: Open an app or run your favourite shortcut.

More functions will be added to the action button in iOS 18

The iPhone 16 series will run on iOS 18 and the new software will reportedly bring new Action Button features. This will enable several new functions that will be accessible through the new Control Center gallery. Using the iOS 18 Action Button can help enable features like Calculator, Stopwatch, Alarm, Home, Timer, Dark Mode, Scan Code, Airplane Mode, Cellular Data, Personal Hotspot, Quick Note, Remote, Wallet, Tap to Cash, and Ping My Watch.

How to use Action Button on iPhone?

To perform the action assigned to an Action button, press and hold it. For many actions, the Action button can be used to turn a setting on or off. For example, if the selected action is Silent mode, you can press and hold the Action button to put the iPhone into Silent mode. If you press and hold the Action button again, it turns off Silent mode.